gentlemans

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English

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gentlemans

  1. (nonstandard) plural of gentleman
  2. (obsolete) genitive of gentleman
    • 1604, Acts of Parliament 1 under James I, c.4, §8
      No person shall keepe any schoole... except it be in some publike or free Grammer Schoole, or in some such noblemans... or gentlemans... house as are not recusants.
    • 1624, Phillip [i.e., Philip] Massinger, The Bond-man: An Antient Storie. [], London: [] Edw[ard] Allde, for Iohn Harison and Edward Blackmore, [], →OCLC, Act I, scene iii, signature [B4], recto:
      VVe may commend / A Gentlemans modeſty, manners, and fine language, / [] / Yet, though he obſerue, and vvaſte his ſtate vpon vs, / If he be ſtanch and bid not for the ſtocke / That vve vvere borne to traffick vvith; the truth is / VVe care not for his company.
    • 1660, [Richard Allestree], “Sect[ion] VII. Of the Fourth Advantage, that of His Authority.”, in The Gentlemans Calling, London: [] T[imothy] Garthwait [], →OCLC, page 117:
      IN the fourth place we are to conſider the Gentlemans advantage, in reſpect of his Authority over thoſe that relate to, or depend on him: []

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gentlemans m

  1. plural of gentleman

Swedish

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gentlemans

  1. indefinite genitive singular of gentleman